May 19 - Thursday

Well, we've hit a plateau in physical work, and are doing more planning, getting quotes, getting advice, etc... So we'll update the page as things become more firm.

Yesterday was our first "personal" day where we didn't go near the house, and tried to gather some peace of mind.

I did some easy tasks in the basement today. Mainly making sure all nails were taking off the bottom of the joists (they can be hard on a tall persons head), did some cleanup in order to have a decent area to put things so they weren't in the way of progress on the 1st and 2nd floor. Also put up some make shift curtains to keep wandering eyes out as we start to do some building.

Next tasks will be to put in back stairs and sister any joists that need added support. Basically making everything as firm as possible before building up. Then secure the property as best we can. Probably putting in a new basement door and back door.

Plumbing and HVAC are our next major steps which we are getting quotes from contractors for... And we though we'd only put about 8K into this place..
Yeah right !

We've decided to expose as much as the wood floor as possible. It is beat up, but we'll do the best we can, and try to give it some character.

Things seem to be coming together... Of course we might be shooting for the end of July for a move date...

I believe Pam and Bill are coming over Saturday.. and Wendy and Austin will be tackling the plaster removal Sunday. I've got a feeling they will finish the wall by the stairs.... Its not a critical area right now, but they are having fun doing it, are good at it, and well, we appreciate any work that our friends can muster. Thanks

more to come soon...